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Authors: Cynthia Lucas

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S
he
l
au
g
hed
p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y
as
he
k
i
ssed
h
i
s
w
ay
back
up
t
he
i
ns
i
des
of
her
t
h
i
g
hs,
paus
i
ng
t
o
t
as
t
e
t
he 
swee
t
ness
at
t
he
i
r
j
unc
t
u
r
e
f
or
so
m
e
ti
m
e,
be
f
o
r
e
fi
n
i
sh
i
ng h
i
s
pa
t
h
back up ac
r
oss
her
body
and
t
a
k
i
ng
her
li
ps
w
it
h h
i
s
o
w
n.

H
i
s
t
on
g
ue
w
as
so
f
t
and
w
a
r
m a
g
a
i
nst
her
o
w
n
as
he deepened
h
i
s
k
i
ss,
fi
na
ll
y pu
lli
ng back
w
it
h
a
deep
i
n
t
a
k
e
of b
r
ea
t
he
as
he
be
g
an
w
o
r
k
i
ng on
a
de
li
c
i
ous
e
r
o
g
enous
z
one beh
i
nd
her
ea
r
.
H
i
s
fi
n
g
e
r
s
f
ound
t
he
i
r
w
ay do
w
n
int
o
her da
m
pness
and
he
be
g
an
t
eas
i
ng
her
as
he
t
as
t
ed
t
he
so
f
t
s
k
i
n of
her
neck
and
d
r
o
w
ned
h
i
m
se
l
f
i
n
t
he
s
w
eet
s
m
e
l
l
of
her ha
ir
.

S
he
g
asped
w
it
h p
l
easu
r
e
as
he
con
ti
n
u
ed on h
i
s
m
i
s
s
i
on
un
ti
l
she
fi
na
ll
y
pu
ll
ed
back
fr
om
h
i
m
and
s
li
d
h
i
s sh
ir
t
and
s
w
ea
t
er
up
o
v
er
h
i
s
head,
r
unn
i
ng her
fin
g
e
r
s up and do
w
n
t
he
l
en
g
t
h
of
h
i
s
m
uscu
l
ar
t
o
r
so
be
f
o
r
e
li
c
k
in
g a
pa
t
h
up h
i
s be
ll
y
.

S
he
cou
l
d
f
eel
h
i
s
pu
l
se
bea
ti
ng benea
t
h
her
t
on
g
ue
as she
t
as
t
ed
t
he
s
k
i
n
on
h
i
s
neck
and
t
hen
m
o
v
ed back
t
o h
i
s
li
ps as
she
w
ound her
fi
n
g
e
r
s
i
n
t
o h
i
s
ha
ir
.

H
e
s
t
ood
up
and
qu
i
c
k
l
y d
i
d
a
w
ay
w
it
h
t
he
r
est
of
h
i
s c
l
o
t
hes
and
t
hen
s
li
d
up
on
t
o
t
he
bed
next
t
o
he
r
,
p
i
c
k
i
ng
up her
l
e
f
t
hand
w
he
r
e
h
i
s
ri
ng
spa
r
k
l
ed
i
n
t
he
d
i
m
li
g
h
t
.
H
e
k
i
ssed
her
fi
n
g
e
r
s
and
t
hen
t
ook
t
hem
one
a
ft
er
an
ot
her
i
n
t
o h
i
s
m
ou
t
h,
be
f
o
r
e
k
i
ss
i
ng
a
tr
a
i
l
up
her
w
ri
st
and
a
r
m
t
o
t
he peak
of
her
b
r
east
w
he
r
e
he
li
n
g
e
r
ed
f
or
a
ti
m
e
be
f
o
r
e
tr
a
ili
ng a pa
t
h up her
nec
k
.

“I
w
i
sh
t
hat
t
on
i
g
ht
cou
l
d
ha
v
e
been 
o
ur
w
e
d
d
i
ng n
i
g
h
t
….I hope
t
hat
y
ou
’l
l
r
e
m
e
m
ber
i
t
as
i
f
i
t
w
as
,

he
w
h
i
s
pe
r
ed.
H
e
k
i
ssed her
deep
l
y
as
he
m
o
v
ed o
v
er
he
r
.


I
t
i
s
t
o
m
e,” she
w
h
i
spe
r
ed bac
k
.

H
e
s
m
il
ed
and
t
hen
qu
i
c
k
l
y s
li
d
do
w
n
b
e
t
w
een her
l
e
g
s,
w
ea
v
i
ng a
m
a
g
i
cal
spe
l
l
of
h
i
s
o
w
n
w
it
h
h
i
s
t
on
g
ue
u
n
ti
l she
w
as
s
w
ea
ti
ng  and
m
a
k
i
ng  enou
g
h
no
i
se
t
hat
sec
u
r
it
y
m
i
g
ht
show
up at
t
he
i
r
doo
r
.

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